She said that it was called the philtrum, that it was one of the places where the soul lived.    From Wordnik.com.  [KILLING COUSINS] Reference

For some reason that made me Google "philtrum" -- I guess people must Google their "favorite body parts" -- and the incredibly weird thing is that it took me here.    From Wordnik.com.  [A man and his mustache.] Reference

And, my favorite, the midline indentation in the upper lip, is termed the philtrum ` love potion. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1] Reference

The interval between the two medial bands corresponds with the depression, called the philtrum, seen on the lip beneath the septum of the nose.    From Wordnik.com.  [IV. Myology. 4d. The Muscles of the Mouth] Reference

Yet four members of the group shared a kind of family resemblance: they were stunted in stature, with small heads, flattened faces, drooping eyelids, and smooth upper lips lacking the groove known as a philtrum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Origins] Reference

The right cheek, then the left, feeling for missed spots along the jaw line, and next the upper lip, the sides and that middle dent called the philtrum, and finally the fussy section, where most cuts occur, between the lower lip and the knob of the chin.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Toast to the Visible World: Remembering John Updike - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

I also like philtrum, which is the vertical indentation above one’s upper lip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dear Clusterflock | clusterflock] Reference

Stu decided to teach her where her philtrum was too!.    From Wordnik.com.  [tequilamonky Diary Entry] Reference

I dont see it myself, I find his philtrum to be too long.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailycomic Diary Entry] Reference

Nothing makes a man more adorable than a well-shaped philtrum.    From Wordnik.com.  [A man and his mustache.] Reference

Oddly, he thought that she had a beautiful philtrum, a perfect, tiny column.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surrender, Dorothy] Reference

Neck-deep sounds unpleasant, but philtrum-deep is more appropriate punishment.    From Wordnik.com.  [ReTweet Theater – The Bleat.] Reference

In the Senate, he had a 100% pro-life voting record, he says, scratching his philtrum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference

When I have grown mustaches with beards in years past, it has left my philtrum exposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [A man and his mustache.] Reference

From Middle French philtre, from Latin philtrum, from Greek philtron; akin to Greek philosophy dear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dear Clusterflock | clusterflock] Reference

Both were wailing but Jaya made me laugh because she was clutching her top lip saying, "Jove hurt my philtrum!".    From Wordnik.com.  [tequilamonky Diary Entry] Reference

Do you think Ms. Givhan would feel any embarrassment or shame if she found out that was the reason Bolton hides his philtrum?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A man and his mustache.] Reference

Perspiration collected in the little vertical groove above her lip—the philtrum, that place was called; he remembered this obscure fact from studying a chart of the human body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surrender, Dorothy] Reference

Speaking as a man married seven years to a woman who has never seen my philtrum and never wants to, to judge from her comments when I've mentioned shaving, I'd have to say that you're only half right.    From Wordnik.com.  [A man and his mustache.] Reference

Some quick internet research tells me it's called a philtrum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

This philtrum was the one which produced all the appearance of death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1] Reference

Running down the center of the outer surface of the upper lip is a shallow groove—the philtrum.    From Wordnik.com.  [XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 2. Surface Markings of Special Regions of the Head and Neck] Reference

FYI: The ancient Greeks believed that the philtrum was one of the most erogenous spots on the human body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fashion World of SL] Reference

Features that I really like are the nose and the philtrum, you know that little groove under the nose above the lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fashion World of SL] Reference

Spenser ‘zephyrus’, and not ‘zephyr’; so ‘interstitium’ (Fuller) preceded ‘interstice’; ‘philtrum’ (Culverwell) ‘philtre’; ‘expansum’.    From Wordnik.com.  [English Past and Present] Reference

Im really embarrassed and totally hate my cold sores, i get them quite often, approx. every 6 weeks and one lot comes up on my philtrum which can be really difficult to treat.    From Wordnik.com.  [NMM - UK Medical School Forums] Reference

The poor Clara, indeed, showed unwillingness to permit this, but she ran down with it, and secretly, without being seen by any of the other women, poured in a philtrum that had been given her by the gipsy hag, and then went back again for a moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1] Reference

The closest I can come up with is the philtrum, but that’s only the little depression above the upper lip.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Tattooed Lip Leads Police to Assault Suspect”] Reference

Also, while writing that post I discovered that I’d been spelling philtrum wrong as filtrum for over a decade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dear Clusterflock | clusterflock] Reference

Let us see your philtrum!.    From Wordnik.com.  [A man and his mustache.] Reference

It's his gigantic philtrum!.    From Wordnik.com.  [A man and his mustache.] Reference

I know that part of it is called the philtrum.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Tattooed Lip Leads Police to Assault Suspect”] Reference

philtrum, 84.    From Wordnik.com.  [Origins] Reference

Isn't it a small world -- philtrum-wise?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A man and his mustache.] Reference